Key Dates
Fall 2023
| Monday, September 18 – Sunday, November 5 | Graduation confirmation and Intent for Fall Graduation forms open in YES |
| Friday, September 29 | Department of Biostatistics 20th anniversary symposium and poster session |
| Tuesday, October 3 | ENAR deadline – Distinguished Student Papers competition |
| Thursday, October 19 – Friday, October 20 | Fall break |
| Friday, October 20 | “From R Markdown to Quarto” – ASA Traveling Course |
| Tuesday, October 17 | ENAR deadline – contributed session proposals |
| Friday, October 27 | Last day to withdraw with academic penalty |
| Wednesday, November 1 | Registration for Spring courses opens |
| Friday, November 17 | Deadline to submit theses and dissertations for Fall graduation |
| Monday, November 20 – Friday, November 24 | Thanksgiving break |
| Monday, December 4 – Friday, January 19 | Spring 2024 open enrollment |
| Thursday, December 7 | Last day of classes |
| Thursday, December 7 | JSM deadline – topic-contributed session proposals |
| Friday, December 8 – Saturday, December 16 | Exams and reading period |
| Saturday, December 16 | Graduation date for December graduates |
Spring 2024
| Monday, January 8 | First day of classes |
| Monday, January 15 | Martin Luther King Jr. Day (classes do not meet) |
| Monday, January 15 – Sunday, February 25 | Graduation confirmation and Intent for Spring Graduation forms open in YES |
| Friday, January 19 | Spring 2024 open enrollment closes |
| Thursday, February 1 | JSM deadline – contributed abstracts |
| Saturday, March 9 – Sunday, March 17 | Spring break |
| Sunday, March 10 – Wednesday, March 13 | ENAR 2024 (Baltimore) |
| Friday, March 22 | Last day to withdraw with academic penalty |
| Friday, March 22 | Deadline to submit theses and dissertations for Spring graduation |
| Wednesday, April 3 | Faculty lightning talks |
| Monday, April 22 | Last day of classes |
| Tuesday, April 23 – Thursday, May 2 | Exams and reading period |
| Monday, May 20 – Friday, May 24 | Comprehensive examinations – MS/PhD Series 1 |
| Tuesday, May 21 – Friday, May 31 | Comprehensive examinations – PhD Series 2 |
| Friday, June 14 | Examination summary/results session |
Summer 2024
| Sunday, June 16 – Wednesday, June 19 | ICSA Applied Statistics Symposium (Nashville) |
| Saturday, August 3 – Thursday, August 8 | JSM 2024 (Portland, OR) |
Additional calendars that may of be interest
Vanderbilt Graduate School academic calendar
Metro Nashville Public Schools calendar
Edge for Scholars: Funding & Awards Bulletin Board